Keyboard doesn't work in X

paldepind · 2010-03-28 18:45:49

I've installed Arch by following the Beginners Guide but somehow my keyboard doesn't work in X. It works fine in TTY tough.

I've never had any problems with X before on my laptop and last time I installed Arch it was working just fine..

loafer · 2010-03-28 19:11:04

Do you have the correct drivers installed and hal running?

paldepind · 2010-03-28 19:20:40

I've hal running. I'm not sure about the driver but 've indtalled everything the Beginners Guide told me to install.

loafer · 2010-03-28 19:29:18

You'll need xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-evdev. Which DE/WM are you using?

paldepind · 2010-03-28 19:38:45

I got those two. I've not installed a DE/DW yet..

loafer · 2010-03-28 20:33:31

Does your mouse work and are you using a xorg.conf?

paldepind · 2010-03-29 06:27:05

Yop.

dptkby · 2010-03-29 08:39:26

paldepind wrote:

Yop.

You could probably try running without an xorg.conf (still make sure hal is running).

toad · 2010-03-29 08:45:50

Check that hal is not backgrounded in your rc.conf and pretty close to the start, like directly after syslog. Worked for me, but ymmv

paldepind · 2010-03-30 18:51:43

Thanks toad . I moved HAL closer to the start and it worked.

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